I’m willing to let the comment slide based on that incredible ‘shift’ pun alone

I don’t think it’s that people want performance, but rather they expect a minimum performance and they’re perfectly fine with whatever meets the minimum. I’d say bare minimum is a 9-10 second 0-60; that’s why Subaru can get away with printing money on the Crosstrek that does 60 in 9+ seconds. For some reason,…

In summary... the average American consumer is an idiot and doesn’t pay attention to things that actually matter.

I have a co-worker that got a ticket for an expired registration while parked downtown in Portland. We have metering where you can either pay via an app or print a sticker; my assumption is that if you pay via the app and they’re scanning your plate anyway, it’s pretty easy for them to see if your registration is also…

The new Volvo interior is great, but it’s irritating. Changing the temperature, fan speed, seat heater or steering heater (all things I use just about every single trip) require at least two separate touches on the giant iPad in the middle, which is also frustratingly laggy and insensitive. Those need to be buttons or…

higher HP

The ‘19 V60 starts at at $38,900. If the CC is $2k more, it’ll be $40,900. That’s a full $7k cheaper than a A4 Allroad.

You’ll be hard pressed to find one under $50k with decent options, though. Nationwide, there’s 19 on Auto Trader and 4 are under $50k. I looked hard for an A4 Allroad a few months ago, with the intent of leasing or buying, and I found one for $52k that they were willing to drop down to $47k, which still left it out of…

That Nasa-esque font on the tank of the Earle is a great touch. More people should use that font.

It’s perfectly normal to put a control joint there. It allows the joint to contract and expand freely and probably also reduces vibration on the column. Steel isn’t supposed to crack like that; this looks more like a material failure due to lack of maintenance than design. 

I’d like for the BRZ successor to be a WRX hatchback. Am I doing this right?

I believe the Navy officially gave the ship to Norfolk in 2009

Good God man, have your editors left for the weekend already?

2.5mm, 5mm... who gives a shit

Good thing the battery is covered for 8 years/100k miles, so your bank account won’t feel a thing after 2 years. 

Regarding the third question... I was thinking the best idea would be to sell the car, use the cash to pay down the principal then refinance the loan as a debt reduction loan, but that could potentially jack up your interest rate as you’d no longer have collateral.

Pretty sure the bank can only require you to carry state minimum and they don’t care about your deductible, since they wouldn’t pay it - you would. This is actually a good idea, as upping your deductible to like $2k can save you a LOT of money.

Right?! So there’s one verified case so far, and GM might have to recall 100 cars out of 2,000, which is effectively 5%. Sure, that’s a lot. And it’s a pain. And it’s more than Tesla. But that’s nothing compared to other recalls; Ford recently recalled something like 96% of Focus’ built between ‘12 and ‘18 for a…

Ballaban’s logic is the same logic as 16-year old wannabe racers with 10 year old Honda’s, but with a significantly larger budget. It’s still bad logic. 

Yet again people in SoCal royally fuck something up when it rains. I’m offering my services as Precipitation Consultant.